2010 Nissan Rogue Electrical System

Upon my husband going to start the vehicle in the morning, he smelled an electrical fire. The door was locked which was odd so he attempted to use the key fob to unlock and it did not work. He went around to the passenger side door and it opened. To his surprise the interior of the vehicle smelled very strongly of smoke and the windows were black. He was able to get the drivers side door open to realize that the left side of the dash was completely melted along with the fuse box, hood latch, the door, the floor mat, the carpet, the headliner and everything on that side was burned/melted. The heat from the fire shattered the windshield. The vehicle was driven the day prior with no inclination of any problems and was parked in the driveway for the night. A phone call was made to Nissan and a case number was provided.

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, ON A COUNTRY RD. THERE WAS A SMELL, ALMOST LIKE IF WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID SPILLS, THEN SMOKE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THEN FLAMES ON THE RIGHT FRONT, UNDER THE HOOD. I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF, GRABBED MY PURSE AND RAN. 2 GOOD SAMARITANS PULLED OVER AND JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND WERE ABLE TO PUT IT OUT. THE WHOLE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WAS MELTED AWAY.

AS I WAS DRIVING MY CAR I SEE SMOKE ENTERING FROM THE DASHBOARD, I KNEW THAN THAT MY CAR WILL BURST ON FIRE. I PARKED ON AN EMPTY PARKING RIGHT AWAY AND GOT OUT FROM THE CAR AND RUN AS FAST AS I CAN. THE CAR QUICKLY CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE HOOD AND BY THE TIME THE FIRE FIGHTERS SHOWED UP THE CAR WAS HALF WAY BURNED.

ON FEB 4, 2015 I WAS CALLED BY POLICE DEPT THAT MY CAR ALARM WAS SOUNDING I WENT OUT TO CAR AND TRIED TO SILENCE ALARM WITH REMOTE,BUT THAT DID NOT WORK HAD TO USE KEY IN REMOTE TO OPEN TRIED TO START DID NOT START OPENED HOOD AND DISCONNECTED WIRE TO BATTERY UPON ENTERING CAR SMELLED BURNT WIRE AND SAW THAT THE KICK PANEL WIRING HARNESS CONNECTER WAS ALL BURNT UP A BIG WHOLE IN TOP OF DASH, BURNT AND CRACKED WINDOW GLASS, THINGS INSIDE CAR BURNT UP. CALLED INSURANCE COMPANY TO REPORT. ON FEB 9 CALLED NISSAN AND REPORTED THE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME SOMEONE WOULD GET BACK TO ME IN 2 DAYS TODAY IS THE 2ND DAY AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING YET. I AM GOING TO CALL THEM AGAIN TODAY. IF I HAD BEEN IN THE CAR I WOULD HAVE BEEN BADLY BURNT OR DEAD. *TR

2010 NISSAN ROGUE. ATTORNEY REPRESENTING CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE CENTER CONSOLE ELECTRICAL FIRE. *SMD

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR HATCH UNLATCHED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. PARKED IN DRIVEWAY.CALLED AAA. BATTERY WAS DEAD. WHILE RE-CHARGING BATTERY, NOTICED SMOKE IN CAR. UNHOOKED BATTERY CHARGER AND SMOKE BECAME FLAME ON DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR BOARD AREA BELOW WHERE FUSE BOX IS LOCATED. FIRE EXTINGUISHER USED BY AAA WORKER TO STOP FLAME AND BURNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ROUGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO TURN ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY CONNECTOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN ROGUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE, SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE VENTS AND THE DASH BOARD BECAME MELTED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND ADVISED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. *TR

LAST YEAR, CAR WOULDN'T START SO BATTERY WAS REPLACED. RECENTLY, EVENT OCCURRED AGAIN AND BROUGHT IT IN TO THE SHOP. THEY STATED THAT THERE IS A COMPUTER GLITCH THAT IS KEEPING " SOMETHING ON" WHEN THE CAR IS OFF. *TR

WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE THE SMELL SMOKE WAS EMANATING. AT ONCE THE HOOD POPPED OPENED AND FIRE ENSUED FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE NEAR THE HEADLIGHTS FIRE WAS BEGINNING TO SPREAD. FORTUNATELY A GOOD SAMARITAN NEIGHBOR WENT TO ONE OF THE NEARBY ESTABLISHMENTS AND OBTAINED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. *TR